swing : Idioms & Phrases

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baseball swing

  • noun in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
    cut; swing.
    • he took a vicious cut at the ball
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Full swing

  • free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
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in full swing

  • adverb proceeding with full vigor
    in full action.
    • the party was in full swing
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king of swing

  • noun United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
    Benny Goodman; Goodman; Benjamin David Goodman.
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swing about

  • verb turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
    turn around; swing about.
    • He turned around to face his opponent
    • My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake
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swing around

  • verb turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
    turn around; swing about.
    • He turned around to face his opponent
    • My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake
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Swing beam

  • (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion.
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Swing bridge

  • a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot.
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swing door

  • noun a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction
    swing door.
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swing music

  • noun a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
    jive; swing.
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swing out

  • verb make a big sweeping gesture or movement
    sweep; swing.
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swing over

  • verb influence decisively
    swing.
    • This action swung many votes over to his side
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Swing plow, ∨ Swing plough

  • . (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow.
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swing shift

  • noun the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
    evening shift.
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swing voter

  • noun a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
    floating voter.
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Swing wheel

  • . (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.
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swinging chad

  • noun a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at two corners
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swinging door

  • noun a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction
    swing door.
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swinging post

  • noun the gatepost on which the gate is hung
    hinging post.
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swung dash

  • noun a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
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To swing a door, gate, etc.

  • (Carp.), to put it on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
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To swing round the circle

  • to make a complete circuit. Colloq.
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